Alamarathupatti
| Alamarathupatti | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Alamarathupatti  Alamarathupatti Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 9°28′25″N 77°50′21″E / 9.473709°N 77.839175°ECoordinates: 9°28′25″N 77°50′21″E / 9.473709°N 77.839175°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Virudhunagar |
| Government | |
| • Panchayat President | Mr.P.Mahalingam |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 626130 |
| Telephone code | 91 4562 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 67 |
Alamarathupatti is the name of a village 4 km from Thiruthangal and 6 km from Sivakasi in Virudunagar District, Tamil Nadu. Alamarathupatti is surrounded by other villages like Sengamalapatti, Naranapuram, Chellaiyanaiyakanpatti and towns Thiruthangal and Sivakasi.
The village has a Krishna temple and Kali temple, and one Sacred Fig(Arasa Maram)it is very old tree and the age is not yet estimated.The main village festival is celebrated by the people very enthusiastically around April. During this time temple deities Narayana and Nachiyar are brought in Pallaku(Tamil) from Thiruthangal for a days pooja here and another day in the nearby village of Naranapuram. The Pallaku is carried by the villagers all the way from Thiruthangal to the Village. This village also has a temple for Ganesh, or "Mukku Pillayar Kovil" in Tamil, at the entrance of the village. Traditionally, the people would go here to pray for a good start when setting out on new ventures or actions.
Notes : There is another Alamarathupatti, a village of Kolathur block in Salem district
Notable persons
Nagamma Naidu's family was first setteld and developed this village and had lot of lands; they donated to all people of the village. Janarthanan,Sankarappan, and Chinnayan were from this village and they actively worked for social, harmonised and humanatarian centric society.J.Balagangadharan,the former member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is from this village. During freedom movement the whole village participated. This village was declared as a gramdhan village and the villagers contributed free land to landless peasants as Shri Vinoba Bave's sarvodya movement asked for.The noted freedom fighters G.Ramachandran, G.Alavandar, V.Srinivasan,SR Ramaswamy. G. Ramachandran spent more than 2 years at Bellari Jail.On August 15, 1947, the whole village celebrated the Indian Independence by hoisting the tri-color flag on top of the sacred fig tree.
References
Related places
Alamarathupatti Pudur Vinoba & Jakkammal Colony North Street and Arunthathiyar Colony